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This year’s Faculty of Sciences’ Women’s Prize is awarded to Dr. Cláudia Vilhena. Dr. Cláudia Vilhena leads the independent junior research group Bacterial Interface Dynamics (BID) at the Department of Biology at FAU. After studying in Lisbon and completing her PhD at LMU Munich, she worked, among other positions, at the Leibniz Institute for Natural […]

Taimering mammoth was likely butchered by hunters and gatherers New findings on the woolly mammoth from Taimering: The approximately 25,000-year-old skeleton of a woolly mammoth, discovered in 2020 near Regensburg, provides new insights into life during the last Ice Age. An interdisciplinary team, which also included researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), found …

A new Erasmus+ partnership between the Chair of Food Chemistry at FAU’s Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy and the Department of Food Science and Technology at Kasetsart University in Bangkok has been established. “We plan research co-operations on novel applications of plant proteins and strive for sustainable exchange of our students and teaching staff”, explains […]

Just as our hands are mirror images of each other, light itself can also exhibit mirror-image or “chiral” behavior. The controlled modulation of such chiral light signals plays an important role in sensor technology, asymmetric synthesis, and optical signal and information processing. A novel method for controlling chiral light output signals—again via light input signals—is […]

Vaccines and other medicines are often packed in little fat droplets, or lipids. In this form, they are absorbed by cells and release their “cargo” once they are there. The trigger is a change in the pH value in the droplet’s surroundings. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now created a computer simulation of what […]

Genetically engineered plant variety shows drought resistance and promises greater yields A team led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has made a significant breakthrough in the fight against global hunger. The researchers have succeeded in genetically modifying the tropical cassava plant (Manihot esculenta) to provide significantly greater yields and also to become more …

The survey period for the SIGIS study on work and organizational culture runs from September 29 to October 25. All target individuals have received a personal invitation to participate in the survey. The online survey is anonymous and voluntary and will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. The more participants...

The Faculty of Sciences warmly welcomes all students commencing their studies in Sciences and Mathematics at FAU in the winter semester and wishes all students every success in their studies. The Faculty offers new students preparatory courses and orientation weeks for their respective subjects. At the website introductory events you...

Research predicts end of iconic ice dam events One of the most spectacular natural phenomena in the world will most likely no longer be seen in our lifetime: Between 1940 and 2011 the glacier advanced periodically, and when it did, it blocked the Brazo Rico, a side arm of Lago Argentino. This...

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) regularly awards one of the most prestigious German awards in the field of mathematics: The Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize. This year, it is being awarded to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück, a mathematician at the University of Bonn, in recognition of his pioneering work in modern...

In the new collaborative research center (CRC) 1719 “ChemPrint – the next generation of printed semiconductors: Engineering on the atomic level using molecular surface chemistry”, researchers at FAU are investigating how to improve the manufacturing processes and quality of semiconductors under specific physical and chemical conditions. Semiconductor materials are used...

For all female master students considering a PhD, FAUmentoring ARIADNEtechnat aims at helping them achieve this goal. Sagni joined the 24/25 group and for her, it works perfectly well: “The ARIADNEtechnat program has helped me secure a successful PhD. My mentor offered systematic advice through every stage of the process!”...

Dr. Christian Sommer from the Institute of Geography at FAU was involved in the first systematic recording of measurement data tracking the dramatic retreat of glaciers Over the last 25 years approximately 39 percent of glacier ice has disappeared: the results of the Glambie study from the European Space Organization...

Today, physicists are still asking themselves whether quantum mechanics needs hypercomplex numbers. FAU researchers Ece Ipek Saruhan, Prof. Dr. Joachim von Zanthier and Dr. Marc Oliver Pleinert have been investigating this question in their research. Exactly 100 years ago, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born and Pascual Jordan formulated quantum mechanics and...

A quantum computer the size of a smartphone – researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are investigating how this could become reality. Physicist Prof. Dr. Vojislav Krstić and his team of researchers are focusing on developing quantum bits (Qubits) that work on the basis of topological isolators, a class of materials...

In order to reach their target, for instance a tumor, immune cells have to leave the bloodstream or lymphatic vessels and migrate through connective tissue. Until now, scientists presumed that immune cells migrated through tissue by constantly changing their shape and therefore squeezing through the smallest pores and openings. Using...

The seeds in the teaching collection at the Botanical Garden in Erlangen have a very special aesthetic. Photographer Danièle Dugré shows them in an unexpected light. Founded in 1851, the “Museum Botanicum Erlangense” has an eventful history. Time and again, the plants, seeds and fruit it contains were examined by...

A team of scientists from the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, in collaboration with colleagues from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, have made a significant advance in understanding future hydrogen storage technology. Their latest research, published in the ACS Energy Letters, reveal the active configuration of catalysts to generate...

Vast quantities of information can be gained from blood samples today using modern testing methods. The process for evaluating this hoard of data is equally complex as is the ability to draw reliable conclusions from it to diagnose diseases. Collaborative project from FAU and biotech company BioVariance Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität...

The Faculty of Sciences warmly welcomes all students commencing their studies in Sciences and Mathematics at FAU in the winter semester and wishes all students every success in their studies. The Faculty offers new students preparatory courses and orientation weeks for their respective subjects. At the website introductory events you...